Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is returning the favour and lending one of its works after showing the Frick’s Vermeers in its blockbuster exhibition last year

All you ever wanted to know about Vermeer, from a “legendary” show catalogue to an illustrated book for kids—selected by the curators Pieter Roelofs and Gregor J. M. Weber

The study also found that when volunteers looked at five works of art in the Hague’s Mauritshuis museum, their brains responded ten times more positively than when they viewed reproductions

Shows at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum were huge hits last year but managing visitors—and staff—proved challenging

Plus, its enduring market appeal and new secrets revealed in a restored Vermeer

The story behind the revealing of Cupid in one of Vermeer's greatest masterpieces, and Helen Cammock on her Whitechapel show and nomination for this year's Turner Prize

Shows at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum were huge hits last year but managing visitors—and staff—proved challenging

Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is returning the favour and lending one of its works after showing the Frick’s Vermeers in its blockbuster exhibition last year

Dutch artist may not have secluded himself in Delft as previously believed

Prinsenhof Museum show in Delft opens along with landmark Rijksmuseum exhibition on Dutch 17th-century painter

Mauritshuis currently has 170 works on display as part of its “My Girl with a Pearl” initiative while Vermeer’s masterpiece is on loan

A team of international specialists are studying Girl with a Pearl Earring for two weeks straight

The study also found that when volunteers looked at five works of art in the Hague’s Mauritshuis museum, their brains responded ten times more positively than when they viewed reproductions

Mauritshuis museum's detailed technical examination uncovers new findings on the Dutch artist's brushwork, pigments and technique

The uncovered figure changes the composition of Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window

A team of international specialists are studying Girl with a Pearl Earring for two weeks straight

Extensive scientific testing of the Frick’s Mistress and Maid proves that it was not finished by someone else

The National Gallery of Art has carried out scientific tests on the works, finding fascinating discoveries beneath the paint

New additions to Old Master's canon go against a recent analysis conducted by Washington D.C's National Gallery of Art

Expert says he discovered two paint pigments that were only used in that combination by the Dutch Old Master at the time

X-ray technology has revealed that a hidden man in the background of 'A Maid Asleep' is holding a paintbrush

The story of enigmatic artist Jacobus Vrel will be told in an exhibition scheduled for 2023 and in a book published this month

A hit in The Netherlands, "The New Vermeer" challenges artists to recreate works from a wide variety of materials—including Lego

While the four-part documentary retreads well-worn ground, it reminds viewers why the unsolved crime remains so intriguing

Surrealist work is estimated to make €2m at Sotheby's

The singer says his landscapes would have a soundtrack by Charlie Parker or Peetie Wheatstraw

The Dutch painter and his contemporaries could not resist the temptation to improve one another's compositions

First survey in the Netherlands puts the spotlight back onto the ‘other’ Golden Age painter